[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet1[1].gif width="79" height="86"]] YES! I'm sure. Let ME explain.
An idiom is something we say that would usually really be strange if
we meant exactly what we said. An idiom means something totally
different from what we actually say. The weird thing is that everyone
else knows what you mean too. Well, everyone else who speaks the
same language that you speak understands what you mean.
[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet3[1].gif width="79" height="66"]] OH! Let me tell this part!
Every country has its own idioms.
So, if you're from that country, then you will
understand the idioms. BUT, if you are from another country and trying to learn that country's language,
you are going to be very mixed up when you hear its idioms.
United States' Idioms
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
She's wearing her heart on her sleeve.
Stop driving me up a wall!
Hit the road, Jack!
It's raining cats and dogs!
She has a frog in her throat.
You woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
I'm as hungry as a horse.
There is a fork in the road.
You're as slow as molasses.
He's just a fish out of water.
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
This is straight from the horse's mouth.
She is green with envy.
Too many cooks spoil the soup.
You have too many irons in the fire.
She is just wasting her breath.
No, that's not his cup of tea.
You sure put your foot in your mouth.
You make a better door than a window.
It's a piece of cake.
Hold your horses!
On the other hand . . .
That dog won't hunt.
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Idioms
[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet1[1].gif width="79" height="86"]]An idiom is something we say that we don't literally mean.
[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet2[1].gif width="82" height="88"]] Is an idiom a lie?
[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet1[1].gif width="79" height="86"]] No. An idiom is more like a code. You say one thing, but you mean another.
[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet2[1].gif width="82" height="88"]] Are you sure an idiom is not a lie?
[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet1[1].gif width="79" height="86"]] YES! I'm sure. Let ME explain.
An idiom is something we say that would usually really be strange if
we meant exactly what we said. An idiom means something totally
different from what we actually say. The weird thing is that everyone
else knows what you mean too. Well, everyone else who speaks the
same language that you speak understands what you mean.
[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet3[1].gif width="79" height="66"]] OH! Let me tell this part!
Every country has its own idioms.
So, if you're from that country, then you will
understand the idioms. BUT, if you are from
another country and trying to learn that country's language,
you are going to be very mixed up when you hear its idioms.
United States' Idioms
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.She's wearing her heart on her sleeve.
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Stop driving me up a wall!
Hit the road, Jack!
It's raining cats and dogs!
She has a frog in her throat.
You woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
I'm as hungry as a horse.
There is a fork in the road.
You're as slow as molasses.
He's just a fish out of water.
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
This is straight from the horse's mouth.
She is green with envy.
Too many cooks spoil the soup.
You have too many irons in the fire.
She is just wasting her breath.
No, that's not his cup of tea.
You sure put your foot in your mouth.
You make a better door than a window.
It's a piece of cake.
Hold your horses!
On the other hand . . .
That dog won't hunt.
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He's under the weather.
[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet2[1].gif width="82" height="88"]]Well, I don't know what all ofthose idioms really mean. Am I really supposed to?
[[image:http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools/Carver/library/images/Puppet1[1].gif width="79" height="86"]] Well, eventually. The thing to do is to ask
a reliable source. Just for fun, you should guess first though.
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Watch and listen for idioms.
Add the ones you read in books to the blog.